What's coming up in Big Screen Theatre

Here’s how to get tickets to the hottest theatre acts coming to the big screen.

There’s nothing like the thrill of live theatre: the lights go down and your acting heroes step into the spotlight, so close you can hear them breathe. Watch a live broadcast and up on the big screen, they’ll seem even closer. Especially when you’ve got the best multi-camera directors adapting to the stage performance, making sure to capture each twitch of emotion, every moment of beauty.

It’s a unique experience for the actors, too. But don’t listen to us - here’s what they’ve said about it:

Here's what's coming up:

National Theatre Live: Macbeth (10 May)

Most famous as M’s assistant in the James Bond films, Rory Kinnear is a Shakespearean actor without equal - except by Anne-Marie Duff, a theatre star long before her role in TV’s Shameless. Putting them together as the fatal king and queen is such a guaranteed smash that National Theatre tickets have sold out already. Let the big screen be your front row seat.

There’s nothing worse for theatre buffs than not catching a five-star show. But if you didn’t see the heart-stoppingly beautiful Gershwin musical An American in Paris in the West End, you’ve got one last chance on 16 May – and you needn’t travel further than your local Vue.

Oscar Wilde Season LIVE: An Ideal Husband (5 June) and The Importance of Being Earnest (9 October)

Oscar Wilde Season Live brings a selection of the legendary writer's classic plays to the big screen. An Ideal Husband is up first, a comedy that balances wit and humour with moments of real poignancy, followed by The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde’s brilliant and ridiculously funny tale of mistaken identities and very large handbags. You’ll be amazed at how many famous quotes can come from a single play.